-Happy 55th birthday to former Penguins forward Pat
Hughes. Acquired in the 1979 offseason along with Rob
Holland in a deal which sent Denis
Herron and a draft pick to Montreal, Hughes spent parts of two season
with the Penguins. In 134 games with the Penguins, he recorded 51
points. In 1979-80, he was a team-worst minus-38. At the 1981 trade
deadline, he was traded to the Oilers in exchange for Pat Price.

-Happy
54th birthday to former Penguins forward Dwight
Schofield. Acquired in the 1986 offseason from the Capitals in
exchange for cash, Schofield appeared in 26 games for the 1986-87
Penguins and recorded seven points. The following offseason, he signed
with the Winnipeg Jets.

-Happy 46th birthday to former Penguins goaltender
Ken
Wregget (right). Acquired prior to the 1992 trade deadline in a three-way deal which also brought Rick
Tocchet, Kjell
Samuelsson and a draft pick from the Flyers and Jeff
Chychrun from the Kings while sending Paul Coffey to the Kings and Mark Recchi to the Flyers, Wregget spent seven successful seasons as a part-time backup/starter in Pittsburgh. Wregget served as the back up to Tom Barrasso during the team's Stanley Cup run in 1992. He would spend the next two seasons also serving as as Barrasso's back up before taking over as the starter in 1994-95 when Barrasso missed most of the season due to an injury. Wregget responded by leading the league with 25 wins during a lockout-shortened campaign. Relegated to backup duty the next season, Wregget took over as starter in the 1996 playoffs as he led the Penguins to wins in in the first two rounds against the Capitals and Rangers. Wregget's finest moment as a professional probably came in that postseason when in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals, he relieved an injured Barrasso and made 52 saves, one coming on a penalty shot by Washington forward Joe Juneau, and led the Penguins to a thrilling 3-2 win in four overtimes. With Barrasso once again injured in 1996-97, Wregget platooned with rookie star Patrick Lalime. After only appearing in 15 games in 1997-98, Wregget and Dave
Roche were traded to the Flames in exchange for German
Titov and Todd
Hlushko during the 1998 offseason. In 212 games with the Penguins, Wregget had a record of 104-67-21 with a 3.29 goals against average, .898 save percentage and six shutouts. His win total is third best in franchise history. His son, Matt, is currently a goaltender for Upper St. Clair.

-Happy 55th birthday to former Penguins forward Ted
Bulley. A free agent signing in the 1983 offseason, Bulley appeared in 26 games for the 1983-84 team and recorded five points. He would finish out his professional career by spending the entire 1984-85 season with Baltimore of the AHL.

-Happy 43rd birthday to former Penguins forward Bruce
Crowder. Claimed off waivers from the Bruins in the 1984 offseason, Crowder appeared in 26 games for the 1984-85 Penguins and recorded 11 points. He retired in February of that season.

-Happy 40th birthday to former Penguins forward Shawn
Antoski. A free agent signing in the 1996 offseason, Antoski appeared in 13 games for the Penguins in 1996-97 and appeared in 13 games. After failing to record a point, he was traded to the Mighty Ducks along with Dmitri Mironov in exchange for Alex
Hicks and Fredrik
Olausson. Antoski is one of seven former first-round picks from the 1990 draft who played for the Penguins. The others were Petr Nedved, Jaromir Jagr, Darryl Sydor, John Slaney, Drake Berehowsky and Bryan Smolinski.

Atlantic Division

-Henrik Lundqvist (above) made 27 saves and led the Rangers to a 5-0 shutout of the rival Islanders. Marian Gaborik had two goals and an assist while teammates Michael Del Zotto and Daniel Girardi each had a goal and an assist. Former Penguins forward Erik Christensen recorded two assists. Fire Ray Shero.

-Check out one of Gaborik's goals:

-Islanders defenseman Mark Streit performed a public service here with Sean Avery:

-Scoreboard Watch for the Penguins: Shootout goals by Jason Pominville and Thomas Vanek gave the Sabers a 3-2 win against the Canadiens. Ryan Miller made 26 saves in the victory. Andrei Kostitsyn scored both of Montreal's goals in regulation.

-Check out the play by Montreal's Tomas Plekanec to set up Kotitsyn's first goal:

-The Red Wings are rolling. Valtteri Filppula had two goals and an assist for the Red Wings in a 4-2 win against the rival Blues. Todd Bertuzzi and Henrik Zetterberg each had a goal and an assist for Detroit while teammate Brian Rafaski recorded two assists. Jimmy Howard made 30 saves in the victory which was the Red Wings' sixth in seven games.

-Check out this dazzling goal scored by St. Louis' Paul Kariya:

-Thirsty times for St. Louis goaltender and former Penguin Ty Conklin:

-Shootout goals by Peter Mueller and Penguins trainer Chris Stewart gave the Avalanche a 4-3 win against the Kings. Mueller added two assists while Craig Anderson (above) made 27 saves in the victory. Anze Kopitar led Los Angeles with a regulation goal and an assist.

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